Guidebook for Calverley

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Guidebook for Calverley

Drinks & Nightlife

Excellent food menu until 9pm. Good atmosphere. Friendly place with lots of history and busy. Great drinks selection. Closes at 11:30pm.
The Thornhill
18 Town Gate
Excellent food menu until 9pm. Good atmosphere. Friendly place with lots of history and busy. Great drinks selection. Closes at 11:30pm.
Usually has live music during the weekends.
15 locals recommend
The New Inn
15 locals recommend
Usually has live music during the weekends.
Offers both a contemporary menu and drinks in a lively atmosphere a couple of miles away.
28 locals recommend
Banyan Bar & Kitchen
3-4 John St
28 locals recommend
Offers both a contemporary menu and drinks in a lively atmosphere a couple of miles away.
Tiny micro pub. Very popular.
The Cracker Barrel Micro Pub
832 Harrogate Road
Tiny micro pub. Very popular.
Micro pub with lots of different gins.
The Cracker Barrel Micro Pub
832 Harrogate Road
Micro pub with lots of different gins.
Cosy pub by the Leeds-Liverpool Canal. Situated by the old Calverley/Rodley rail station that was closed in the 1960's.
The Railway Inn
Calverley Bridge
Cosy pub by the Leeds-Liverpool Canal. Situated by the old Calverley/Rodley rail station that was closed in the 1960's.
Cosy pub on the banks of the Leeds-Liverpool canal.
Rodley Barge
184 Town St
Cosy pub on the banks of the Leeds-Liverpool canal.
Nice pub that does food opposite the Rodley Barge.
The Owl Inn station
Nice pub that does food opposite the Rodley Barge.
Award winning pub on by the canal.
8 locals recommend
Kirkstall Bridge Inn
12 Bridge Rd
8 locals recommend
Award winning pub on by the canal.
Numerous cocktail bars on this street.
Greek Street
Greek Street
Numerous cocktail bars on this street.
A street full of bars open until 6-7am.
15 locals recommend
Call Lane
Call Lane
15 locals recommend
A street full of bars open until 6-7am.
Lot's of bars around the lower end of this street adjoining Merrion Place. Open really late, a bit more Indie and slightly hipster.
Merrion Street
Merrion Street
Lot's of bars around the lower end of this street adjoining Merrion Place. Open really late, a bit more Indie and slightly hipster.
Lots of LGBT orientated bars.
Bridge End
Bridge End
Lots of LGBT orientated bars.
A few bars and restaurants in a nice canal basin setting. Entrance directly to the rail station.
Granary Wharf
1 Little Neville Street
A few bars and restaurants in a nice canal basin setting. Entrance directly to the rail station.

Food Scene

Good gastro-pub menu, very large pub with great outdoor garden and patio areas.
The Calverley Arms, Pudsey
Calverley Lane
Good gastro-pub menu, very large pub with great outdoor garden and patio areas.
Great traditional fish and chips. Very tasty and well priced. Accepts card payments.
Calverley Fish Shop
80 Thornhill St
Great traditional fish and chips. Very tasty and well priced. Accepts card payments.
Proper full English breakfast. Coffee, tea and lunch menu available.
Micks Cafe Made in Calverley
24 Woodhall Rd
Proper full English breakfast. Coffee, tea and lunch menu available.
Ephesus is in the next village and provides some amazing Turkish food at a good price. Often very busy so book ahead. Available to take away.
Ephesus Restaurant
4 Rodley Ln
Ephesus is in the next village and provides some amazing Turkish food at a good price. Often very busy so book ahead. Available to take away.
Really nice food, very welcoming and do a great early bird menu.
Olive & Feta
8 Town St
Really nice food, very welcoming and do a great early bird menu.
Really nice breakfasts (and other foods) catering to different dietary requirements in an old converted mill building. Great coffee, too.
Mill Kitchen
83-85 Town St
Really nice breakfasts (and other foods) catering to different dietary requirements in an old converted mill building. Great coffee, too.
Unassuming little Chinese takeaway but really good food.
Empires Chinese Takeaway
73 New Line
Unassuming little Chinese takeaway but really good food.
Offering global cuisine in a pub dating back to 1543. Also offer a early bird menu, it does get very busy so advised to book ahead.
7 locals recommend
Stansfield Arms
Apperley Lane
7 locals recommend
Offering global cuisine in a pub dating back to 1543. Also offer a early bird menu, it does get very busy so advised to book ahead.
Excellent tapas and cocktail bar, open until about 1am.
La Casita Horsforth
8-10 Town St
Excellent tapas and cocktail bar, open until about 1am.
Coffee and tea with cakes and other sweet treats.
The Little Coffee House
8 Brook St
Coffee and tea with cakes and other sweet treats.
Very popular Italian restaurant, it gets very busy every day of the week so book ahead. Very large portions and good value.
Aldo's Italian
927-929 Harrogate Rd
Very popular Italian restaurant, it gets very busy every day of the week so book ahead. Very large portions and good value.
Early bird menu. Nice Greek food.
THE AGORA greek cuisine
209 New Rd Side
Early bird menu. Nice Greek food.
Nice Turkish food and early bird menu available.
The Turkuaz Restaurant
22 Harrogate Rd
Nice Turkish food and early bird menu available.
Brown's Greens Vegetarian Cafe Ltd
3B Harrogate Rd
Vegetarian Cafe/deli.
Nice food, not expensive.
Gallery FortyOne
41 Commercial Rd
Nice food, not expensive.
High end dining. Multi-course menu. Expensive but excellent.
HOME
3 Brewery Pl
High end dining. Multi-course menu. Expensive but excellent.
Uses only local produce from Yorkshire. Great food in the centre of Leeds. Classed as fine dining.
Stockdales of Yorkshire
8 S Parade
Uses only local produce from Yorkshire. Great food in the centre of Leeds. Classed as fine dining.
Excellent tapas. Expensive.
8 locals recommend
Ibérica
17a E Parade
8 locals recommend
Excellent tapas. Expensive.
High end dining.
8 locals recommend
Blackhouse - The Grill on the Square
31-33 E Parade
8 locals recommend
High end dining.
Excellent French restaurant. Feels very authentic and homely.
10 locals recommend
Kendells Bistro
3 St Peter's Square
10 locals recommend
Excellent French restaurant. Feels very authentic and homely.
Expensive art deco style Italian restaurant. Very glamorous and large. A Leeds staple for years.
6 locals recommend
Bibis Italianissimo
Sovereign Street
6 locals recommend
Expensive art deco style Italian restaurant. Very glamorous and large. A Leeds staple for years.
A traditional cobbled street by the canal with bars closeby and some eateries. Near the old Tetley brewery.
Dock Street
Dock Street
A traditional cobbled street by the canal with bars closeby and some eateries. Near the old Tetley brewery.
Indian Punjab food.
Kebabeesh
165 New Line
Indian Punjab food.
Gastro-pub with stunning views
24 locals recommend
The Cow and Calf
Hangingstone Road
24 locals recommend
Gastro-pub with stunning views
Contemporary restaurant and bar with roof terrace.
10 locals recommend
Piccolino Ilkley
31-33 Brook St
10 locals recommend
Contemporary restaurant and bar with roof terrace.
Michelin starred fine dining. Book well in advance.
16 locals recommend
The Box Tree Restaurant
35-37 Church St
16 locals recommend
Michelin starred fine dining. Book well in advance.
Fine dining in Leeds city centre. Bring a fat wallet and drink plenty so you forget the bill in the morning.
8 locals recommend
Crafthouse
70 Boar Ln
8 locals recommend
Fine dining in Leeds city centre. Bring a fat wallet and drink plenty so you forget the bill in the morning.
Cocktail bar. Not cheap, great terrace for city centre views.
21 locals recommend
Angelica
70 Boar Ln
21 locals recommend
Cocktail bar. Not cheap, great terrace for city centre views.
Excellent coffee in the city centre.
200 Degrees Coffee Shop & Barista School
31 Bond St
Excellent coffee in the city centre.
Hipster coffee shop near the Leeds rail station.
11 locals recommend
Laynes Espresso
16 New Station St
11 locals recommend
Hipster coffee shop near the Leeds rail station.
Hipster coffee.
15 locals recommend
Mrs Atha's
18 Central Rd
15 locals recommend
Hipster coffee.
Harvey Nichols Fourth Floor Brasserie and Bar
Not particularly cheap.
Fine dining Chinese food. Exquisite interior and food.
7 locals recommend
Tattu Restaurant and Bar
29 E Parade
7 locals recommend
Fine dining Chinese food. Exquisite interior and food.
Cost effective and excellent authentic Mexican food. Run by a Mexican and was recommended to me by a Mexican colleague.
Lupe's Cantina Mexicana
204 Cardigan Rd
Cost effective and excellent authentic Mexican food. Run by a Mexican and was recommended to me by a Mexican colleague.
Great little restaurant with out door dining area. Contemporary dining with an extensive cocktail list.
Heaney & Mill - Deli & Dine
50 Otley Rd
Great little restaurant with out door dining area. Contemporary dining with an extensive cocktail list.
Contemporary restaurant with drinks in the suburbs. Lovely conservatory dining area.
6 locals recommend
Gusto
2-4 Little Stonegate
6 locals recommend
Contemporary restaurant with drinks in the suburbs. Lovely conservatory dining area.
A very surprising (in a very good way) out of town dining experience. Great food, cosy atmosphere and cost effective.
The Allerton
Nursery Lane
A very surprising (in a very good way) out of town dining experience. Great food, cosy atmosphere and cost effective.
Jumping on the street food bandwagon, this is a funky, contemporary indoor food market with lots of different (and not particularly cheap) food stalls with large seating areas. Forms part of the Trinity city centre mall.
20 locals recommend
Trinity Kitchen
27 Albion St
20 locals recommend
Jumping on the street food bandwagon, this is a funky, contemporary indoor food market with lots of different (and not particularly cheap) food stalls with large seating areas. Forms part of the Trinity city centre mall.
American food joint.
10 locals recommend
Red's True Barbecue
1 Cloth Hall St
10 locals recommend
American food joint.

Sightseeing

Calverley Old Hall is a medieval manor house with Grade I listed building status.
Calverley Old Hall
10 Woodhall Rd
Calverley Old Hall is a medieval manor house with Grade I listed building status.
Historic public well and small gardens.
Town Wells Drive
Town Wells Drive
Historic public well and small gardens.
Helicopter pleasure flights taking you over Leeds and the local moorland.
Heli-Jet Aviation
Coney Park
Helicopter pleasure flights taking you over Leeds and the local moorland.

Parks & Nature

Nice walk around the woods which was once a quarry site and also training ground for soldiers during WWII.
Calverley Cutting
Calverley Cutting
Nice walk around the woods which was once a quarry site and also training ground for soldiers during WWII.
Nice walk or bicycle ride along the canal which can be used as a way to travel in to Leeds city centre.
23 locals recommend
Leeds and Liverpool Canal
23 locals recommend
Nice walk or bicycle ride along the canal which can be used as a way to travel in to Leeds city centre.
Traditional Victorian village park with tennis courts and cricket oval.
Calverley Victoria Park
Carr Road
Traditional Victorian village park with tennis courts and cricket oval.
The great outdoors.
22 locals recommend
Otley Chevin Forest Park
22 locals recommend
The great outdoors.
Nature reserve adjoining the Leeds-Liverpool Canal.
Rodley Nature Reserve
Moss Bridge Road
Nature reserve adjoining the Leeds-Liverpool Canal.
Large park and lakes.
57 locals recommend
Roundhay Park
Mansion Lane
57 locals recommend
Large park and lakes.

Entertainment & Activities

Variety of eating and drinking establishments with cinema. Free car parking available or accessible by the bus caught from outside the house.
Kirkstall Road Cardigan Fields station
Kirkstall Road
Variety of eating and drinking establishments with cinema. Free car parking available or accessible by the bus caught from outside the house.
Emmerdale studio tour.
The Emmerdale Studio Experience
27 Burley Rd
Emmerdale studio tour.
Leeds Rhinos rugby league, Leeds Carnegie rugby union and Yorkshire Cricket. International fixtures.
Cardigan Road / St Michaels Road station
Leeds Rhinos rugby league, Leeds Carnegie rugby union and Yorkshire Cricket. International fixtures.
Stage 4 of the Tour de Yorkshire starts in Leeds and passes through local areas not too far from the village. Easy to access on bike or take bikes in the car. Secure cycle storage at the house.
Tour De Yorkshire
Stage 4 of the Tour de Yorkshire starts in Leeds and passes through local areas not too far from the village. Easy to access on bike or take bikes in the car. Secure cycle storage at the house.
Indoor ski centre with other activites and eateries. Free parking and train station at the leisure park.
49 locals recommend
Xscape Yorkshire
Colorado Way
49 locals recommend
Indoor ski centre with other activites and eateries. Free parking and train station at the leisure park.
Large indoor arena with a variety of shows, concerts and displays.
40 locals recommend
First Direct Arena
Arena Way
40 locals recommend
Large indoor arena with a variety of shows, concerts and displays.
Sailing and paddle boarding. Free parking.
8 locals recommend
Yeadon Tarn
8 locals recommend
Sailing and paddle boarding. Free parking.
Golf course with great views.
Woodhall Hills Golf Club
Woodhall Road
Golf course with great views.
Golf and lawn tennis.
Rawdon Golf & Lawn Tennis Club
Buckstone Drive
Golf and lawn tennis.
A 'proper' gym. This is one of the best, if not the best weightlifting gym I have ever been to. Cheap day rate.
Flex Gymnasium
A 'proper' gym. This is one of the best, if not the best weightlifting gym I have ever been to. Cheap day rate.
Cost effective gym.
PureGym Bradford Idle
Bradford Road
Cost effective gym.
Bannatyne Health Club Cardigan Fields, Leeds
Kirkstall Road
Luxury gym.
Cost effective chain gym.
Core Gym
800 Harrogate Rd
Cost effective chain gym.
Slightly more adult style cinema where the seats are more like sofas and you can drink bottles of wine, beer etc. A bit more expensive and upmarket than your usual screaming children filled cinema's.
27 locals recommend
Everyman Leeds
Albion Street
27 locals recommend
Slightly more adult style cinema where the seats are more like sofas and you can drink bottles of wine, beer etc. A bit more expensive and upmarket than your usual screaming children filled cinema's.
Very old style and possibly listed traditional picture house that shows contemporary and cult/classic films. Situated within the student area of Hyde Park so bars nearby.
26 locals recommend
Hyde Park Picture House
73 Brudenell Rd
26 locals recommend
Very old style and possibly listed traditional picture house that shows contemporary and cult/classic films. Situated within the student area of Hyde Park so bars nearby.

Essentials

Free parking, small Asda for picking up essentials.
Asda Greengates Supermarket
147 New Line
Free parking, small Asda for picking up essentials.
Large supermarket with the cheapest fuel in the area.
7 locals recommend
Sainsbury's
11 Bondgate
7 locals recommend
Large supermarket with the cheapest fuel in the area.
Provides fresh bread and other baked goods on a Saturday morning. Small convenience store and post office.
Calverley Post Office
38 Carr Rd
Provides fresh bread and other baked goods on a Saturday morning. Small convenience store and post office.
Chemist store.
Day Lewis Pharmacy
100 Thornhill St
Chemist store.

Arts & Culture

62 locals recommend
Leeds Art Gallery
The Headrow
62 locals recommend
Contains history of the local area.
Calverley Library
Thornhill Street
Contains history of the local area.
Interesting guide through armaments and weapons over the course of history. located by the canal.
112 locals recommend
Royal Armouries Museum
Armouries Drive
112 locals recommend
Interesting guide through armaments and weapons over the course of history. located by the canal.
UNESCO World Heritage site. Saltaire was a village built around the Mill that essentially was a planned conurbation providing everything required for the mill workers of the day.
78 locals recommend
Saltaire
78 locals recommend
UNESCO World Heritage site. Saltaire was a village built around the Mill that essentially was a planned conurbation providing everything required for the mill workers of the day.
Family home of the Bronte Sisters.
99 locals recommend
Bronte Parsonage Museum
Church Street
99 locals recommend
Family home of the Bronte Sisters.